[DARARepeater] Hackers (DC937) and TNG

[Jeremy Hong]

To all TNG attendees,

For the past 2 months, I have been helping one of the local hacking groups
that I am heavily involved in, DC937 (short for DEFCON 937) (
https://www.defcon937.com/), and finding them a new place to meet. This
group used to meet at Proto BuildBar (closed in December), on the 4th
Thursday of the month @6:00 PM. I have mentioned this situation to a few of
the TNG regulars already, and so far everyone has been receptive and
welcoming to the idea of integrating this group with TNG.

I believe that integrating the hackers with TNG it is a natural fit,
because hackers, cybersecurity professionals, and information security
professionals (Prime example is our own Jack G. WB8SCT) have a lot in
common with Hams as far as technical interests and skills. A lot of the
attendees of DC937 have used and are interested in SDR (Software Defined
Radio) also! I have also seen this as an opportunity to bring down the
average age of the TNG and get more of my friends and their friends to get
into ham radio. Also, a reminder that the record for most licenses
issued/upgraded in a single day was set at DEFCON 22 in 2014!

This upcoming Thursday (1/23/2020), will be the first DC937 meeting at the
DARA clubhouse, we are scheduling to meet at 6:00 PM, there aren't any
presentations currently planned, but it will most likely be some discussion
about current hacking/cybersecurity news and tools in the past month. We
are also planning for a "conference"/event on a Saturday at the end of May
or at the beginning of June, and another set for Saturday November 21st,
2020 called BSidesDayton.

Please let me know if you have any comments and/or concerns.

73

Jeremy Hong, KD8TUO
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